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The top 10 CM stories you read in 2021
Neil Gerrard Associate editor
January 2021 saw the new year start much as it now ends – with uncertainty over how covid-19 restrictions might affect the wider economy.
Fortunately, however, construction sites were allowed to continue operating under the January lockdown announced by prime minister Boris Johnson.
As restrictions were gradually lifted, the industry continued its strong recovery after the first lockdowns of 2020, driving increased demand that, combined with supply chain challenges, would start to affect availability of some product and materials – an issue that has continued throughout much of the year but is starting to show signs of easing.
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Aside from product shortages, two other themes dominating the construction news agenda througout the year were building safety and net zero carbon.
As the Building Safety Bill continued to make its way through Parliament, more details emerged about how the new Building Safety Regulator is likely to operate. And chief inspector of buildings Peter Baker told CM that firms will need to start preparing now for changes arriving in 2023.
Despite being affected by coronavirus restrictions, Grenfell Tower Inquiry hearings focusing on the testing and certification of cladding products, the management of Grenfell Tower, and firefighting efforts also resumed, many of them held remotely.
Meanwhile, at COP 26 in Glasgow there was a major focus on environmental issues. In the run-up to the event, the government announced that all companies bidding for government contracts from October 2021 would have to commit to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
And the government’s ambition to phase out gas boilers in favour of heat pumps, as part of its Heat and Buildings Strategy, is likely to explain the huge popularity of CM’s CPD on residential heat pumps and energy efficiency.
The January/February 2026 issue of Construction Management magazine is now available to read in digital format.
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